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SixOfSpades · 12-09-2003, 05:33 PM

Originally, those 3 new areas were meant to be places where the party would have to go to find the missing "Lenses" of the Rynn Lanthorn, as that's where Bodhi had hidden them.

In my opinion, the Tactics version of the Small Teeth Pass completely sucks, as the only way to (reliably) beat it involves relying on Reload knowledge. You go in, your entire party gets nailed with a 20D10 Dragon's Breath in the first round, then a 6D20 Dragon's Breath in the second round, and then you've got to deal with cheese like Dragons casting 9th-level spells. You very quickly get your ass handed to you, and then you Reload and use your Reload knowledge to ready the items/spells/Potions you would need to counteract the elements of those 2 particular Dragon's Breaths.
It wouldn't be so bad if your party could enter the map, see a Dragon about to breathe on them, then turn and see another Dragon about to breathe on them, then say, "Holy Excrement!" and turn and get the hell out of there. But that option isn't open to you, as the party starts the map in a dead-end gully--you have to get past a Dragon if you want to exit the map.

12-09-2003, 05:33 PM	#7
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	Originally, those 3 new areas were meant to be places where the party would have to go to find the missing "Lenses" of the Rynn Lanthorn, as that's where Bodhi had hidden them. In my opinion, the Tactics version of the Small Teeth Pass completely sucks, as the only way to (reliably) beat it involves relying on Reload knowledge. You go in, your entire party gets nailed with a 20D10 Dragon's Breath in the first round, then a 6D20 Dragon's Breath in the second round, and then you've got to deal with cheese like Dragons casting 9th-level spells. You very quickly get your ass handed to you, and then you Reload and *use your Reload knowledge* to ready the items/spells/Potions you would need to counteract the elements of those 2 particular Dragon's Breaths. It wouldn't be so bad if your party could enter the map, see a Dragon about to breathe on them, then turn and see another Dragon about to breathe on them, then say, "Holy Excrement!" and turn and get the hell out of there. But that option isn't open to you, as the party starts the map in a dead-end gully--you have to get past a Dragon if you want to exit the map. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.